Danny Gokey Achieves Best First-Week Album Sales by a Debut Country Male in 18 Years!
My Best Days Makes History with Highest First-Week Digital Sales by a Debut Country Act
Gokey Returns to the Grand Ole Opry This Weekend
Nashville, TN – 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville recording artist Danny Gokey powers his way into the chart record books this week, as his March 2 debut album, My Best Days, brought out the fans, with first-week sales of more than 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The accomplishment nets Gokey the best opening-week sales by a debut country male since 1992.
The soaring success of My Best Days includes a sizzling digital album tally in excess of 19,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning Danny a #1 berth in chart history with the best first-week digital album sales ever recorded by a debut country act.
The album’s total sales also earn My Best Days this week’s highest chart entry by a debut artist, landing at #3 onBillboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #4 on the all-genre Billboard 200.
After crossing the country with an event-packed release week filled with in-store appearances, concerts, radio visits, and television – including a Thursday return to American Idol to sing his hit, “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me” – Gokey will be in Nashville
About Danny Gokey: Danny Gokey became a favorite of millions of fans nationwide as a finalist on Season Eight ofAmerican Idol, and on March 2, the Milwaukee
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